A portable version of a room of one’s own

The One-SQM-House is designed by Berlin-based architect Van Bo Le-Mentzel. Le-Mentzel, a Laos native, fled his home country as a refugee and has dedicated his life to examining the meaning of home and the importance of having at least one square meter of personal space.

Van Bo has asked: “Does the consumer really always have to be the one who’s at the very end of all the value creation chains? No. We’re not living in the industrial era any more. It’s high time for us to adapt our consumption behaviour to our own age. The next field I’d like to take a critical look at is the property market. Why is it that the price per square metre determines everything? Who does the city belong to? Why is it that only rich people are allowed to have a fine view of a park…